慣らす

• 読み: ならす
• ローマ字: narasu
• 漢字の分解: 慣 (kan/na) — accustom, habituate
• 発音: /na.ɾa.sɯ/

意味

To domesticate; to tame; to train an animal. To make a wild creature accustomed to humans.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb, sharing the same kanji and conjugation as 慣らす (to accustom). In this usage, it specifically refers to taming or domesticating animals: 馬を慣らす (to break in a horse), 犬を慣らす (to train a dog to people). The boundary between 'accustoming' and 'taming' is contextual — animals are the typical object in this sense.

例文

1. 野生の馬を慣らすには時間と根気が必要だ。
2. 保護した猫を人に慣らすために毎日話しかけている。
3. 新しい環境に犬を慣らすのは飼い主の役目だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: animal care, farming, nature

トーン: gentle

起源と歴史

Same etymological origin as 慣らす (to accustom). The domestication sense developed naturally from the idea of making a creature accustomed to human contact and commands.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal